Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1887-08-13

~ here str1ie ana discord Gro unknown
ks,In noise. confusion. tAr rsnSte.
where cloud .cappsS moant.ins: S,..ns h,llss
:ss::!i$s :s's: ,;: ss.s; .$:Ssy $:ss,y ,Sys; .s
The virgin air, the sky above,
Thss bu zsing insects, singing bird,
The murmuring bIOOh. ihe lowing herds
All. all In one harmOniOus lay
kenaW with time successive days
Yet there would not live alone
A heart TO beat for me alone" -
soul Of rural voluptuary. hardly think II
could have emanated but from one whose
heart overfowed with genuine love Of pas-
torai scenes and woodland solitudes :-one
who could fully appreciate and readily inter.
pret the teachings of nature In every green
Leaf, fragrant flower and shrub, and Who
could heAr In every twitter OF the birds, IN
every chirp and hum OF tho inaects, IN every
plash 0f the mountain rills, 10 every whisper
Of the shady groves, familiar voices speaking
to his inmoAt soul the best and sweetest
truths. For such an one to sing OF home
and 80 heart n beat for him Alone" srIid
these scenes 10 not - sentimental - II u nat
urai for q true lover Of the beautiful In
nature In true lover OF the good and beauti.
full in whatever form they be embodied; and
In conjugai and domestic happiness he reoog.
nizes the nearest spproach Of the natural
and human to the divine.
Whether the love OF the good and beautiful
IL or In not an innate virtue of the human soul
In . psychological question with which !
am unable to Rrxpple. That this virtue 10
possessed aud developed to high degree OF
perfection by some, while In others there II .
deplorable lack Of anything that ssvOrs Of =
genuine appreciation Of the good and besuti.
ful, either IN the works Of nature or the pro.
ductions OF man, II very apparent fact
Tn ough I would iain believe with our be
loved poet,
"That In even savage bcsoms
There are Iongtngs, yearnin0s. strivings
For this good they comprehend not.'
yet 1 greatly fear that In this civilized and
enlightened sge and country there are many,
far enough removed from the savage state, In
whose cold and sluggish bosoms there
shoulders not even = spark of that Pro.
methean fro which has animated and in
spired even the iliterate and benighted
savage, cropping blindly In the Darkness"
to reach {" the feeble hand and helpless" !" and
" touch Gods right hand In that darkness"
He who can draw no truths from nature,
who can see nothing TO love and admire In
the z reen forests, the murmuring rills, the
grassy meadows, the roaring cataracts, the
fosming streams, the CLASSY lakes, the tower
ing mountains, the boundIess deep, the starry
armament, 10 indeed An object Of pity and
contempt such an one can never become
suscs ptible to that great truth once penned
by Shakespeare, viz, There arc more
things In heaven and earth than are droamt
ings do exist, and are perhapa moro numer-
GUS than We may suppose. "'tis true. It's
pity; pity It's Ills true" But enough Of that:
and beauty seekers, who have visited 20 few
o! our own picturesque pleasure resorts, 60
hundreds OF miles away to uperste, oh.
serve, and mediate amid scenes perhaps not
half ~ enchsntingly romantic ~ those OF
which Lancaster aud its sdjsc counties
boast Why even spend small fortune II
you can not afford II, in visiting Niagara
Falls, the White Mountains, Lake George, or
the Yosemite Valley, when such local ptctur-
esqus and romantic places ~ Wild Cat Falls, |
York Furnsce, McCalrs Ferry, Penryn
Park and MI Grstns afford ample charms 70
satisfy the most fsstidious nature loving
soul Indeed, for its wealth OF imposing
natural scenery Lancaster county will COM
pare very iavorsDiy with many well famed
picturesque actions OF our country. And
yet, day after day, scores OF our citizens, who
can i'll afford 1t, perhaps. are steamed through
It's scenes Of snchsntmsnt-away to distant
overcrOwded fashionabls summer resOrtA
But It IL ever so We are q discOntented,
capricious and impulsive people. We are
never satisfied win the manifold blessings
the good Lord showers around US, but are
ever on the move To secure those pleasures
which sre the most difficult TO obtain. We
trample beneath our feet the modest golden.
hearted daisies OF the meadow while hasten.
ing eagerly on to pluck the thorn stemed
the great and wOndrOus handiworks Of God
that paint the heavens by night but by day
We are unmindful OF the manifestations Of
His OmnipOtence In every green Leaf and
blade Of grass that grows.
These thoughts aud observations have
been prompted by the pleasant r0cOllectiODs
Of delightful rsmbls had some few weeks
ago over those picturesque hills that rear
their wooded crests In contiguous relations to
the thrifty, wide-awske borough OF Colum.
bia TO iix their situation more definitely
In the mind OF the reader, 1t might be well TO
give the name Chestnut Hills) BY which
they are generally known. IL was through
the kind invitation OF friend who was spend.
ing few weeks OF summer leisure there.
that . companion IN pleasure and myself
enjoyed . days sojourn among those de-
lightful hills. The good country folk with
whom We "brOke bread " on this occasion
live on Y daiaty little farm, snugly nestled
away from the outside world In . romantic
rsvine that cuts through the heart OF these
hills Indeed, so completely hidden from
view by the rising hills and stately trees are
the little brick dwelling house, barn and
other out buildings that from the tunrpikeit II 10
impossible to get glimpse OF them and no
one would ever dream Of finding . human
habitatiou amid these wild, romantic wood.
land sOlitudes. A little brook tumbling
down the steep wooded incline. within low
yards OF the house, flls the place with it,
murmurings and after its terma9aDt career
through the matted shade OF the mountain
ravinS steals plscidly forth into open day to
offer cool potations TO the lazy cows 10 the
msadow.la land beyond. A rudely built, time
worn log hut stands among the trees whose
antique roots peep out upon this brook that
bnwls along the woodA Tradition says this
| weather-beatsn log structure was built by
/ the Indians more than century and hall
/ ago, and Was used - . fort 1t 10 now used
70 defend couple OF old clucks'with their
| peeping bro0ds from the depredatious oil
proWling chicken sbductors 1t 10 impossi.
ble for me TO properly describe the Wild nat
ural beauties Of this plsOe 1t reminds ont
very much OF IrviDG's "Sleepy Hollow
such drowsy, dUamy, delightful inhueno,
does Il exert over ones feelings and fancies
TO merely say that We were entertained
with hospitality, would scarcely do justice y
the open -hauded cheer and hearty gond vii
with which, though entire strsngora, vi
Wsre welcomed To this sequestered and do
lightful spot Our host . rather tacituru
but whole souled wight, In bis own sWk
| ward, quiet way, and hia better. half, Q NOR
| loquacious but NO less kind, genial, genel
/ Qua hearted oOul. In her more 0omOnotYotiV